34. By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the Lord.
35. For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.”
36. And the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
37. Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home and lived at Nineveh.
38. And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword. And after they escaped into the land of Ararat, Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.